The use of vacuum therapy in medicine

Elżbieta Kozłowska; Aleksandra Popow; Oliwia Kwiatkowska

doi:10.5114/lr.2019.94620

eISSN: 1733-7607
ISSN: 1733-4101

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3-4/2019
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The use of vacuum therapy in medicine

Elżbieta Kozłowska

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,

Aleksandra Popow

¹

,

Oliwia Kwiatkowska

²

Katedra Pielęgniarstwa Zabiegowego, Zakład Pielęgniarstwa Chirurgicznego i Leczenia Ran Przewlekłych, Wydział Nauk o Zdrowiu Collegium Medicum w Bydgoszczy, Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika w Toruniu
Studenckie Koło Naukowe Katedry Pielęgniarstwa Zabiegowego, Wydział Nauk o Zdrowiu Collegium Medicum w Bydgoszczy, Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika w Toruniu

LECZENIE RAN 2019; 16 (3-4): 79-83

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/lr.2019.94620

Online publish date: 2020/04/24

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Negative pressure wound therapy or vacuum therapy is successfully used in many branches of medicine for years and the list of its uses is constantly growing. Its most common usage is in the treatment of sharp and chronic wounds. It is used in diabetic foot syndrome, necrotizing fasciitis, soft tissues traumas, burns, ulcers and hardly curing postoperative wounds. This method depends on creating negative pressure inside the wound, lower than atmospheric pressure. Negative pressure improves microcirculation at the bottom of the wound, stimulates creation of new capillaries, proliferation of cells and forming granulation tissues inside the wound.

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The use of vacuum therapy in medicine

Elżbieta Kozłowska 1 , Aleksandra Popow 1 , Oliwia Kwiatkowska 2

vacuum therapy, application, wound

Elżbieta Kozłowska

¹

,

Aleksandra Popow

¹

,

Oliwia Kwiatkowska

²